Jeny Velazco Reyes is a

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Kore ...

athlete An athlete is most commonly a person who competes in one or more sports involving physical strength, speed, power, or endurance. Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track ...

from

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competing mainly in category F57/58 javelin events. She competed in the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China, from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

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. There, she won a bronze medal in the women's Javelin throw F57/F58 event.

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* Paralympic athletes for Mexico Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Mexico Mexican female javelin throwers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2007 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Parapan American Games 21st-century Mexican women Parapan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Parapan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Parapan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico {{Mexico-Paralympic-medalist-stub